[Pkg-crosswire-devel] bibledit-gtk for lucid

[Teus Benschop]

On 12/27/2011 12:47 AM, Jonathan Marsden wrote:
> I'd be wary of removing the dh-autoconf usage, but it's your call.
> dh-autoconf is in the lucid-backports repository, so as long as the PPA
> is set to use it, and your local pbuilder for lucid is also set to use
> it, there should be no issue using dh-autoreconf for Lucid builds.

So far removing the dependency on dh-autoconf provided me with a few
good presents. It patched a number of autoconf/automake files that were
outdated. From the patches I could then update the source packages. This
involves files INSTALL, missing,  mkinstalldirs, install-sh, and perhaps
a few more  I didn't write down all updates.

>From what I gather, the dh-autoconf package makes the debian patch files
smaller in the majority of the cases by removing some updated files that
the debuilder scripts generated. But since I patch the source at the
same time, there was no problem with bigger patch files, and, the good
part, the upstream source gets updated.

> 
> I think this means I am now no longer in the bibledit-gtk packaging
> business at all, you can take it from here :)

Well, your absence from the bibledit-gtk packaging will be felt indeed.
If you opt to be out of that business, may I thank you for the years you
ensured that the packages got updated. And may I also declare my
intention to probably talk to you in case I am stuck.

Teus.